Colony-level stabilization of soldier head width for head-plug defense in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

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  2001

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  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

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  Biology

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  DOI 10.1007/s00265-001-0426-2
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